Per
//pɜː//
Word Type
Preposition
Pronoun
Noun
Adjective
The word "per" can be used as preposition, pronoun, noun and adjective.
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as per the usual as per usual as per your request characters per inch cycle per second dots per inch foot per second frame per second ignotum per ignotius kmph metre per second nil per os obscurum per obscurius pay per play pay-per-click pay-per-install pay-per-view per accidens per alia per annum per anum per bend per bend sinister per capita per cent per centum per chevron per chief per consequens per contra per curiam per diem per fas et nefas per fess per impossibile per incuriam per interim per litt. per maistrie per mensem per mil per mill per mille per minima per my et per tout per myriad per nasum per nocte per orem per orum per pais per pale per pall per pares per pays per primam per primam intentionem per pro per procurationem per quod per rectum per saltum per se per stirpes per vagina per vaginam per-rectal perhaps permyriad pers perself pixels per inch pro per three per cents
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according according to apiece by cent compound cost cost each cut cut son destruction each each one element extremely for each hour measurement measurement single miles miles hour pellucid percentage perchance perfect perfervid perforate perhaps peroxide pervert piece proportion ratios single son their them they thoroughly through unit
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